The goal of experiments in this paper is to obtain fundamental data for optimal conditions using a model dehumidifier.
From the experiments, it was clarified that the dehumidification rate depended on the contacting area size, air volume, flow rate, ...
The goal of experiments in this paper is to obtain fundamental data for optimal conditions using a model dehumidifier.
From the experiments, it was clarified that the dehumidification rate depended on the contacting area size, air volume, flow rate, and conditions of the inlet air and the LiCl solution, In particular, it was known that the contact area between the LiCl solution and the humid air, which was mainly determined by the spraying condition, influenced on the dehumidification rate. Consequently, dehumidifying performance is much dependent on the spraying device. As a result, the necessity to develop an optimal spraying device was recognized to fabricate a different type of sprayer for uniform distribution of solution over the packed layer. Experiments were conducted by changing the air velocity and the flow rate of solution. From the experiments, the following were obtained as conclusions:
1) The superior dehumidifying performance was obtained by using the newly developed spraying device. As a result, it was made clear that the new spraying device was more effective than that of the previous one and was suitable for dropping the high viscosity solution.
2) It was found that the over-all absorbing potential, (G/Q*(Xai - XLi)), including some parameters, which affects the dehumidification rate, can be an esimation standard of dehumidifying performance.